Connecting the dots: from farm gate to sale price
December 16, 2019We have just released our first origin transparency report from Rwanda. In the coming months we’ll release reports for all of our origins. These origin reports break down the FOB price and how it is distributed among the different players of the value chain in that country. There is a lot of information you need …
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Pride (and nerves) for our first origin transparency report
December 12, 2019By Suzie, Morten and Jamie We published our first origin transparency report with price data from Rwanda today. We are very proud, and just the tiniest bit nervous for our numbers as they go out into the world. We stand behind our numbers, we know we pay our farmers and producers well in the context …
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Experimental coffees from Java, and a new project from Sumatra!
November 6, 2019This is the fourth year for us working with Wildan Mustofa and his family. Wildan is the entrepreneur and producer. His son Fikri recently graduated from university and is involved in processing and operations, while Wildan’s wife, Atieq, manages the financial side of the business. We also began a new project in Indonesia this year …
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Can you feel it – a workshop on detecting mouthfeel
August 28, 2019At Nordic Approach HQ in Oslo we regularly hold sensory training events for our staff. This month we ran a workshop to help the team detect mouth feel. I learned this exercise from Ida at CoffeeMind. It’s great for training yourself to discern body and mouthfeel when cupping coffee, and best of all, it’s easy to …
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North America buying strategy in Colombia
August 21, 2019In summer of 2018 I first visited producers that have been part of long-standing Nordic Approach quality-based premium programs – some for nearly a decade. The premium program Morten built years ago still benefits a growing number of producers and roasters (and other importers), so this year, 2019, I went to investigate how we could …
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Intibuca, Honduras: increasing profitability through micro-lot separation
July 19, 2019Honduras presents as an exception in Central American coffee production, being the only country to increase volume, and at a rapid rate. Steadily holding its place within the top ten producing countries of arabica coffee, Honduras went from the fifth largest producer of arabica in the world, to the third in 2018, overtaking Ethiopia. Yet …
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